General Election 2024

Following the exit polls announced at 10pm, while Labour look set to win more than enough seats to form the next government, the Scottish Liberal Democrats are predicted to win three times as many seats as they did last time.The Scottish Liberal Democrat...

Each party has published a manifesto setting out what it would do if it has enough MPs to govern - and there are also Scotland specific versions.Here you will find links to all of the main parties publications. Just click on the front...

Two former politicians are bidding for a comeback as the newly-named Lothian East seat is fought in next month’s General Election. Douglas Alexander, who served in senior cabinet posts on Government for former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has been nominated as Scottish...

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have published their general election manifesto which has an emphasis on care, agriculture and warm homes.The party is setting aside £500 million to invest in care which will get patients out of hospital receiving pressure on the NHS.The...

John Swinney arrived in Leith on Wednesday evening, the night before the General Election, to support the SNP candidate, Deidre Brock, and to warn what a UK Labour government will look like.He said to the assembled crowd down by the Shore: "The Labour...

Kayleigh O'Neill was elected as a councillor in Edinburgh, representing the Forth Ward in 2022. She lives in Leith with her partner and she is now standing for Westminster.Previously an SNP member she said she was "politically homeless" for a while but then found...

Rishi Sunak will join the outgoing Scottish Conservative leader, Douglas Ross, as he unveils the Scottish Conservative General Election manifesto on Monday in Edinburgh.Mr Ross will say the document has a “laser-like focus on the real priorities of the public” and it “provides solutions...

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been to see the King at Buckingham Palace and has tendered his resignation following the disastrous results of the General Election.Before leaving Downing Street he made a short speech in which he apologised to the country and to...

David Henry is standing as an independent candidate in Edinburgh West at this election.Previously he was a member of the Alba Party, but he sets out his reasons below why he would be a good MP for the constituency.

Tracy Gilbert won the Edinburgh North and Leith seat and will become the constituency's new MP, succeeding Deidre Brock with a majority of 7,268.https://twitter.com/edinreporter/status/1809183223043195054?s=46&t=TCNORMNSY2aPK4BywP9BOgThere is a full breakdown of the results below:

The Returning Officer would like to highlight that the deadline for registering to take part in the UK General Election on 4 July is today. Everyone is asked to ensure that they are on the electoral register and therefore able to take part in the election.  If...

Edinburgh’s returning officer has backed calls for a review of the UK’s postal voting system after delays in the distribution of ballots meant some were unable to vote in last week’s election.Paul Lawrence said the process of printing and posting out ballots “needs to...

Ian Harper is standing for Reform UK in Edinburgh South West, and he lives in Livingston.His main inspiration to join a political party for the first time has been the "eye-watering" corruption he has witnessed in the last four years. But he...

Michael Davidson went to Fox Covert Primary School and thinks he has the edge as a local in this constituency.He is a trade union representative and works in the renewable energy sector, seeing for himself how collective action can reap rewards.With the Liberal...

Three mental health charities will host a General Election hustings event in Edinburgh on Tuesday to discuss mental health policies with the five Scottish political parties.Change Mental Health, Penumbra Mental Health and Health in Mind have all joined forces to organise the hustings event,...

The defeated Scottish Conservative candidates in Edinburgh have recognised the scale of their party's collapse on Thursday offering their views on the ways it can recover.None of the five Scottish Conservative candidates across Edinburgh's constituencies won their seats, or even achieved second place. This...

The Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater was at Saughton Park on Thursday to emphasise that the next UK Government must invest in green spaces in cities.Ms Slater said: "Nature restoration is really important to our rural communities. But it's also important in urban...

Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, is launching the party's manifesto later on Tuesday.He urges all voters to think about the next generation when they cast their ballot. He says that more than 200,000 people in Scotland will receive a pay rise if Labour forms...

David Jacobsen is the Socialist Labour Party Genera Election candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.He has 20 years experience as a healthcare worker in the NHS and says he is committed to "a National Health Service available to all at the time of need,...

Euan Hyslop is a local businessman who is also a councillor in the area, and he thinks it is the fact that he is a local man that will get him elected in Edinburgh West.He believes that voters are ready for change and...

It seemed like a victory lap when Christine Jardine - who has been Liberal Democrat MP for the last two terms - arrived at the Highland Hall at Ingliston around 2.30am.Her supporters already believe that she has held the seat in Edinburgh West...

The SNP candidate for Edinburgh South West has urged voters across the constituency to ensure their voice is heard, highlighting postal ballots that have yet to be sent can be returned to local polling stations until 10pm on Thursday.Joanna Cherry has urged voters not...

During a visit to Cramond Residence in Edinburgh, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Wendy Chamberlain, the party’s candidate for North East Fife, set out the party's plans for a £500 million rescue package for care.The party says this will enable people...

In Edinburgh West Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat will continue to represent the constituency at Westminster.Ms Jardine was elected at the last three General Elections.The detailed results are here:Ms Jardine increased her majority and there was a huge Liberal Democrat presence at the Election Count...

SNP Leader John Swinney has said it is a "democratic outrage" that some people in Scotland are now on holiday without having received their postal vote. He himself was due to go on a family holiday from tomorrow but has put those plans on...

Tracy Gilbert is the Scottish Labour Candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.As the Scottish Regional Secretary for the trade union USDAW, she represents more than 37,000 retail and distribution workers in Scotland. She said: “I grew up in a mining town in Midlothian...

Sue Webber has been a Scottish Conservative regional MSP for Lothian since 2021.She is now aiming to move from Holyrood to Westminster reppresenting the Edinburgh South West constituency in UK Parliament, and hoping that her local roots will win her the seat.Speaking ...

A lot has changed since the 2019 election, but it is worth looking back at the previous results before tonight's numbers are announced.Deidre Brock of the SNP became the constituency's MP in the SNP landslide of 2015 and successfully defended her position in two...

David Henry is standing as an independent candidate in Edinburgh West. This Saturday at 12pm he will officially launch his campaign and publish his election address.The campaign will be delivered to around 48,600 households in the next week or so and the message is...

The Scottish Green Party candidate for the general election will take to the stage at a festival on the Portobello promenade on Saturday 22 June.The Sea Rising Festival is organised by Porty Community Energy. It will include free music, a ceilidh, a maker’s markets,...